Prof.
Isaac
A
Meir
- Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
English, Greek, Hebrew
- Discipline Engineering
- Engineering Field Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Research Keywords Biomaterials, Climate, climate impact, desert environments, design, Mediterranean climate, Planning, reneable energy, resilience, simulations, Sustainability
Research Interests
Sustainable design in arid zones; energy conservation in buildings; energy aspects of skyscrapers in hot climates; Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE); Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ); Life Cycle Energy Analysis (LCEA); low-tech retrofit/upgrade of the vernacular; microclimate of open spaces; proactive contingency planning. Heads multi-disciplinary teams working on the integration of green technologies on building and settlement scale, as well as a number of applied research initiatives.
Selected Awards
2021 Excelling edX MOOC Environmental Protection and Sustainability –
2016 Israel Green Building Council Award for Leadership in Green Building.
2014 100 Shades of Green – Ma’ariv Special Supplement – Voted (by experts’ committee) one of the 100 Israelis most influential on the shaping of environmental policy (in the infrastructures and construction category).
2013-4 Emilio Ambasz Award for Green Architecture – Architecture of Israel – Award for Research (with N. Huberman-Meriot, D. Pearlmutter, E. Gal).
2011 Emilio Ambasz Award for Green Architecture – Architecture of Israel
2016 Israel Green Building Council Award for Leadership in Green Building.
2014 100 Shades of Green – Ma’ariv Special Supplement – Voted (by experts’ committee) one of the 100 Israelis most influential on the shaping of environmental policy (in the infrastructures and construction category).
2013-4 Emilio Ambasz Award for Green Architecture – Architecture of Israel – Award for Research (with N. Huberman-Meriot, D. Pearlmutter, E. Gal).
2011 Emilio Ambasz Award for Green Architecture – Architecture of Israel
